Success to You Marlee Matlin, a well known deaf actress once said; “You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success”. Although Marlee believes positive mindset and courage will influence success, the factors contributing will not always persist throughout everyone's definition, especially for, Paul Tough, Malcolm Gladwell, and Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya. They all discuss a topic anyone could have an opinion on. Some opinions are similar while others are very different. While some people believe the most important factor of success is their characteristics, others believe success come…show more content… In the article Tough introduces Dominic Randolph, a headmaster of Riverdale, and David Levin, the creator of KIPP academy. Two educational leaders of very different schools, who realized failure is sometimes just the thing you need to succeed in academics and life. These leaders worked together along with many other experts to discover the seven most important characteristics needed to succeed. Throughout the article the seven important characteristics and failure are emphasized: “What appealed to Levin about the list of character strengths that Seligman and Peterson compiled was that it was presented not as a finger-wagging guilt trip about good values and appropriate behavior but as a recipe for a successful and happy life” (Tough 4). Although success and failure are not always…show more content… It can be explained by many people. Some explanations will be very similar to others while some will be very different. They can originate from many different factors, family, experience, etc. but it all depends on how you assimilate the information, follow it, and include your own beliefs. I interviewed Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya who is a Senior Research Associate from Case Western Reserve University about her success: “...So I would say success for me would be how I set myself in life, or how I get myself blended to my aspirations; my goal and whether I achieve it or not… it's not always related to the financial part of it, it would be mental satisfaction as well” (Bhattacharyya). Her personal beliefs on success is specifically more for her profession rather than her life success. Her thoughts on how to achieve success can be a little different when the perspective changed from her profession, to achieving life success: “...Following your dreams, and sticking to motivation will lead you to success… and being optimistic… but you might fail, that isn’t abnormal, to fail in your life and maybe you will get experienced with those failures, those are also required [to succeed]; failures in life…” (Bhattacharyya). Her belief about achieving success contains a lot of common factors as Paul Tough’s beliefs. Tough believes you have to have the right characteristics to succeed, like the seven important ones listed in the article.
